Quoting%20commentary for Zevachim 88:4

חטאת העוף דמה מתיר את בשרה לכהנים: מנא הני מילי דתני לוי

It was taught, R. Eleazar said on the authority of R. Jose the Galilean: If [the priest] declared a piggul intention in respect of a rite which is performed without, he renders it piggul; in respect of a rite which is performed within, he does not render it piggul. How so? If he stood without and declared, 'Lo, I slaughter [this sacrifice intending] to sprinkle its blood to-morrow,' he does not render it piggul because it is an intention [expressed] without concerning a rite which is performed within. If he stood within and declared, 'Lo, I sprinkle [the blood], intending to burn the emurim and pour out the residue to-morrow,' he does not render it piggul, because it is an intention [expressed] within concerning a rite which is performed without. If he stood without and declared, 'Lo, I slaughter [this sacrifice intending] to pour out the residue to-morrow , or 'to burn the emurim to-morrow,' he renders it piggul, because it is an intention [expressed] without concerning a rite which is performed without. R. Joshua b. Levi said: Which text [teaches this]? As is taken from the ox of the sacrifice of peace-offerings. What then do we learn from the ox of the sacrifice of peace-offerings? [Scripture] however likens the anointed priest's bullock to the ox of the sacrifice of peace-offerings: as the ox of the sacrifice of peace-offerings [does not become piggul] unless its rites and its intentions are [done] on the outer altar, so the anointed priest's bullock [does not become piggul] unless its intentions and its rites are [done] in connection with the outer altar. R. Nahman said in Rabbah b. Abbuha's name in Rab's name: The halachah is as R. Eleazar's ruling in the name of R. Jose. Said Raba:<br>

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